i have had a discouraging day. one of those that can completely turn around on you in 45 minutes flat, and then it is fundamentally driven home in 5 minutes, and then put over the edge every minute after that by seemingly non=horrible things, like someone taking entirely too long to back out of their [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rants’
anton chekhov is stalking me, obvs.
Posted in 2009, tagged mean reds, rants on 21 September 2009 | 4 Comments »
amateurcrastination.
Posted in 2009, tagged rants, school on 22 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
what’s my problem? my problem is that assignments i think will take me no time at all actually drag out for HOURS. and by hours, i mean i’ve been trying to write this paper for the last 11. yep, my procrastination is turned all the way up to 11. i need a better word, though. [...]
really!?!
Posted in 2008, tagged rants, really? on 28 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
thank you, seth meyers from SNL, for giving creedence to the wordphrase phword that i overuse the most – really?? in today’s edition of REALLY!?! i quote USA Today: Apparently, Obama’s decision to go sleeveless again is stirring up a debate. The tribute to Stevie Wonder was the second time in as many days that [...]
monday morning ughpdate, in short.
Posted in 2008, tagged rants on 23 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
must have slept on my neck wrong last night, because i woke up with a crick (this is the right word, yes? only to people from texas? anyone?) in it, which has gotten progressively worse and is now radiating down to include my right shoulder in all the fun. i blame this primarily on the [...]
word problems.
Posted in 2008, tagged rants, word snobbery on 12 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
side note # 1: is that like karmapolice, but just nerdier? real story – here is what i read today on [redacted]‘s blog: “THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK ABOUT IS EATING… a pomegranate.” and here’s the problem with my english-major-22-credit-hour-grammar-addled-brain: i read this and immediately thing – what is the only thing [redacted] can [...]
the hits…
Posted in 2008, tagged rants on 20 November 2008 | 2 Comments »
just keep on coming. many things in my life are pants* (thank you, british slang) right now, so instead of thinking about them i’m going to look at this picture instead and ignore my life momentarily: definitely not pants. sigh. moment of zen-like pause. can we have a blog that shows me pictures like this [...]
thursday.
Posted in 2008, tagged daily, rants on 20 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
to suit my purposes, i am misquoting oscar wilde: “To lose one car in a car accident may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two smacks of preposterousness.” ugh. i just don’t want to talk about it.
working through the suck.
Posted in 2008, tagged daily, rants on 17 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
writing this paper has been my own personal seventh circle of hell insert another hideous analogy here arduous. the finish product is literally the best i can do, but my best today is really, really terrible. i have no idea why, but it is like i am thinking through mud. if you’ve ever seen the [...]
peck, peck, peck.
Posted in 2008, tagged daily, rants on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i am sitting next to someone in the library, who is typing a lengthy paper with her left hand. only her left hand. from the subject of the paper, and the name of the class, i have gathered that this person is at least a junior, possibly a senior, and is around my age (27). [...]
